bs} Country, nationality and language
HEE) Who speaks what where?
country ny language
‘Australia australian English
Brazil Brazilian "Portuguese
China Chinese Mandarin (and Cantonese)
Eeypt Egyptian | Arabic
France French | French
Germany German German
Greece Greek | Greek
israel ‘sree Hebrew
Tealy Talian italian
Japan Japanese Japanese
(South) Korea Korean Korean
Poland Polish Polish
Russian Russian
SaudiArabian | Arabie
Spain Spanish Spanish
Switzerland Swiss ‘Swiss-German, French, allan
Thailand That Thai
Turkey Turkish Turkish
‘the UK (United Kingdomn)* British | English
‘the USA (United States of America) American English
“the UK (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern ireland)
| come from Argentina, so I'm Argentinian and my first tanguage is Spanish. The capital is
Buenos Aires, which has a population of more than 10 million people.
(NOT We ate France fo
UK, (NOT | also visited UK.)
Parts of the world
the Mi
The people
When we are talking about people from a particular country, we add ‘s' to nationalities ending
‘The continents in the world are Europe, Africa, Asia, North America, South America,
‘Australia [Australia end New Zealand] and Antarctica.
We also use these terms for different parts of the world:
le East (e.g, United Arab Emirates, Sau
Caribbean (e.g, Jamaica, Barbados), Scandinavia (Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland).
rabia), the Far East (e.g, Thailand, Japan), the
in i" or -{iJany, but we need the definite article (the) for most others.
jr
Brazilians/Russians | are,
Thais/israelis,
With both groups we can also use the word ‘people’, e,
The British / The French
The Swiss / The Japanese
Brazilian people, British people, etc.
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Exercises
Answer the questions.
1 What nationality are people from Poland? _Pelish,
2 What nationality are people from Thailand?
3 What language is spoken in Spain?
4 Where do people speak Hebrew?
5 Where do people speak Mandarin?
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What language is spoken in Brazil?
What language is spoken in Egypt?
What nationality are people from Germany’
9 Write down three countries whose first language is English.
10 Write down three languages spoken in Switzerland.
What parts of the world are these count
area, e.g. the Far East.
1 Germany .£uripe.. oi 4 Italy. “4
2 Japan = - 5 Jamaica -
eS ae .
Underline the main stres
the words in the box, and practise saying them. Use the
pronunciation in the index to help you.
Brazilian Japan Egyptian ‘Arabic ‘Scandinavia
Chinese Portuguese Australia Saudi Arabia
Write the answers.
1 Bangkok is the capital of . Thailand
2 Ankarais the capital of.
4 Moscow is the capital of ....
5 Buenos Aires is the capital of
3 Seoulisthecapitalof...._6 Athensis the capital of
Complete the sentences with the name of the people from the country on the right.
1 I've worked a lot with he French sane
2 KNOW LOS OF sense cenuny
3 Wedoalotof business with sso.
4 lused to knowa lot of ‘ste
5 Ihave always found very friendly. raat
6 People often say that “are very reserved. ay
7 _are very organised. swreeR aN
8 Imetalotof 11.0 my trip to Moscow. ssa
‘Answer the questions for you, then ask a friend - if possible, someone from a different,
country - and write their answers.
1 What’s your nationality? nen
2 What's the capital city and population of your country? _
3What’s your first language?
‘4What other languages do you speak’...
'5 Which countries have you visited?
6 Which countries would you like to visit”...
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